[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57515-57516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20298]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034563; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, 
Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of 
Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this 
notice. The human remains were removed from Doniphan County, KS.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 20, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Office of the 
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865) 
974-2445, email [email protected] and [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of UTK. 
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in 
this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by UTK.

Description

    Around 1962, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from 14DP2, the Doniphan site, in Doniphan County, KS, by 
an unnamed person. Around 1968, the unnamed person transferred the 
human remains--a skull fragment--to Les Hixon (Central Procurement 
Division, Fort Leavenworth). In 1970, Hixon transferred the human 
remains to William Bass (who, at the time, was at the University of 
Kansas. On October 18, 2019, Bass transferred them to the UTK 
Anthropology Department (where he had been since 1971). No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On May 20, 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from 14DP2, the Doniphan site, in Doniphan 
County, KS, by an unidentified person. At an unknown date, these human 
remains were transferred to William Bass, and on October 18, 2019, Bass 
transferred them to the UTK Anthropology Department. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The Doniphan site, 14DP2, is a well-documented historic Kaw village 
and burial site located at the confluence of Independence Creek and the 
Missouri River. The two individuals likely were interred at the 
Doniphan site sometime during the post-contact period. In 1724, the 
Kansa, who are represented by the present-day Kaw Nation, were recorded 
as inhabiting the site.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, historical, 
and geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, UTK has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on

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or after October 20, 2022. If competing requests for repatriation are 
received, UTK must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to 
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. UTK is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: September 14, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20298 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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